early bird
Example Sentences
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Flavia: It was early bird without knowing who was going to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
This is a case of the early bird losing the worm.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
We live in a society that values hard work, where we’ve been told since we were small children that “the early bird gets the worm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an "early bird" rate of $499.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese is classic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
